Description

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Having overcome almost unwalkable thicket, two young men came to the shore of a dazzling shining mountain lake. The first of the travelers - tall, strong man and a braggart Harry March - seeing the admiration of his friend, said that compared with the Great Lakes of Canada this one is a little lake. But for Natty Bumppo, called Deerslayer, a huge water mirror was a spectacle view. To admire, however, they had no time. Especially Harry March (aptly nicknamed by colonists - Hurry Harry): a beautiful Judith is waiting for him. Having found the hidden pirogue, friends soon reached the "castle" - built on stilts driven into the shallows hermit Tom's dwelling. The house was empty. Harry assumed an old man and his daughters went on hunting. The young men went searching for them. First, they notice Hutter inspecting traps and then perfectly disguised "ark" - a large flat-bottomed barge. Tom has got the news about war between the British and French, but the fact that the friendly of the French soldiers Indian tribe Ming roam around the lake, he still does not know. With the new arrived he hurries to bring "the ark" on the open water.